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Tooltips on ComboBoxItems in WPF for .NET 6 appear and immediately disappear

See original GitHub issue
  • .NET Core Version: (e.g. 3.0 Preview1, or daily build number, use dotnet --info) 6.0.101
  • Windows version: (winver) 22000.376
  • Does the bug reproduce also in WPF for .NET Framework 4.8?: No
  • Is this bug related specifically to tooling in Visual Studio (e.g. XAML Designer, Code editing, etc…)? If yes, please file the issue via the instructions here. NO
  • Security issues and bugs should be reported privately, learn more via our responsible disclosure guidelines.

Problem description: In .NET 6, WPF tooltips on ComboBoxItems seem to close instantly, In .NET 4.8/5 this is not the case.

Actual behavior: Popup appears but immediately vanishes

Expected behavior: Popup on ComboBoxItem stays visible

Minimal repro: https://github.com/amirburbea/PopupRepro

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 2 years ago
  • Reactions:2
  • Comments:11 (4 by maintainers)

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2reactions
amirburbeacommented, Dec 24, 2021

Here’s the app running in .NET5 net5

Here’s the same app running in .NET6 net6

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SamBentcommented, Jan 3, 2022

@amirburbea I assure you they will work on it. In this case “they” is me, and I’m working on it right now.

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